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Writer, narrative director, author, screenwriter. He/him. Fragpunk, South of Midnight, We Happy Few, Contrast, Biomorph, Crafty Screenwriting, Crafty TV Writing, Naked Josh, Bon Cop/Bad Cop.
Stories are a lever to move the world
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"The reasonable person adapts themself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to themself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable person." -- George Bernard Shaw (1903) (slightly emended)
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Is that a Philadelphia Cheesesteak? I love Elton John's song about them.
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I like mine a lot.
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I imagine both sets have the usual aversion to greenlighting anything the previous administration developed, since they won't get full credit for it?
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I thought it was just keep digging until you hit the kitten ore vein.
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Steven Spielberg once said, "I can make people cry, but John can make them *weep*."
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I hear that. I finished, but it was ugly.
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Is someone writing God fanfic?
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Try story mode.
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Put your feet in a bucket of water. It can be the difference between bearable and not.
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I don't start with "ideas." I start with "something I want to say."
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Especially coming from one of the biggest brats of all time
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What's fun is to read Romans writers complaining about "kids these days don't listen to their elders. Not like us when we were kids..."
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There is probably a reddit for Mexican culture whose redditors can answer that. Also, ask.metafilter.com can be terrific.
Cool, edgy names would have to be self-adopted because their parents would have given them trad names when they were born in the 40s.
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Keep preaching the good word!
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Thank you!
And wow that is as dark as I remember it!
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That seems like the sort of advice that feels very good and empowering to *give*, especially if you don't plan to be around for the fallout.
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(At least, that's what interests me about writing it.)